Irina is a supervisor in a Russian paper factory. At home, she is also in charge of the
household chores and child care. When she is with her husband, Sergej, and their friends,
Irina lets him take charge, make decisions, and talk on her behalf.
This seemingly
contradictory behavior ismost likely explained by which of the following?
a. Gender differences in temperament.
b. Irina has not acquired the appropriate gender role of her culture.
c. There are different norms for gender rolebehavior on the micro- and exosystem
level.
d. Sergei has not acquired the appropriate gender role of his culture.
c
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If a diagnosis of a psychological disorder is valid, then we should be able to predict the course of the disorder. This is called
a. predictive reliability. c. truth in diagnosis. b. predictive validity. d. none of these.
According to Piaget, knowledge accumulates and is modified by which two processes?
A) sensation and motion B) egocentrism and theory of mind C) conservation and object permanence D) assimilation and accommodation
Ivan has discovered how to tame neurons and keep them as pets. When he's bored, he sometimes starts an action potential going down the axon of each of his four pet neurons, just to see which one will "win" by releasing neurotransmitters first. All of his neurons have axons of the exact same length. Ivan's game got old fast, though, because one neuron always wins. The winner is always
A. Sue, the neuron with the most dendrites. B. Harry, the neuron with the fattest axon. C. Elspeth, the neuron with the largest axon hillock. D. Johann, the neuron with the most potassium channels.
The _____ attribution error is a phenomenon in which people make an attribution based on character, even when they know that the behavior is situational
A) dispositional B) negative C) presumptive D) fundamental